Open AccessProcess Models for Design Synthesis
Author(s) -
Maher Mary Lou
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v11i4.856
Subject(s) - formalism (music) , computer science , design process , management science , decomposition , process (computing) , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , engineering , work in process , programming language , art , musical , ecology , operations management , visual arts , biology
Models of design processes provide guidance in the development of knowledge‐based systems for design. The basis for such models comes from research in design theory and methodology as well as problem solving in AI. Three models are presented: decomposition, case‐based reasoning, and transformation. Each model provides a formalism for representing design knowledge and experience in distinct and complementary forms.